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Chapter 1
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Chapter One Leiah Simons was on her way to the castle on a bright, sunny day. The heat was getting worse every year, and today it was at an all time high. The streets were bristling with people trying to get home from work or school. Teenagers in their school uniforms walked in packs close together, talking about who knows what. Men in business suits on their phones shouldered through the crowd, surely